Posted here Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 6:31:19 PM 
Trying to understand all points of view. One is, why people support Bush. It does not take rabid sadism to be a Bush supporter. here for example, from a column by Maggie Gallagher
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&;cid=115&ncid=742&e=6&u=/ucmg/20040525/cm_ucmg/whatbushdidnotsay
One thing that strikes me is how imperiled the president's robust faith in democracy is within that same civilized world he seeks to secure. In Europe, power is retreating from nations to a remote European Union (news - web sites) and transnational courts and bureaucracies. Even here, many Americans actively seek to be ruled by non-democratic institutions; they have more faith in the courts or the regulators to make decisions that affect our lives than the democratic process.
Given the implications, a vote for B is a vote against abstraction. The apeal of such argumnets, and the fears they are based on, are also real.
********
|
